Catalog Description
Small deciduous shrub with stiff prickly stems that form an impenetrable barrier. Bright green crinkled foliage. Cup-shaped single rose-pink with white flowers are fragrant. Large rose hips. Excellent hedge or border. Full sun. Moderate grower to 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. Cutting grown. |
Design Ideas
With its bright rose-pink blooms, this prickly Rose is beautiful as a low hedge or planted within the sunny border. Its winter silhouette of bare stems and large hips is a fine attribute.
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Companion Plants
Plant a background of Yellow Ribbon Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis `Yellow Ribbon`) or a darker green with Dark American Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis `Nigra`) to show off the rose to good effect.
At the side, include the Royal Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata `Royal Star`) for its early season interest.
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 2 to 3 ft. tall and wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Small deciduous shrub with stiff prickly stems that form an impenetrable barrier. Bright green crinkled foliage. Cup-shaped flowers are fragrant. Large rose hips. Excellent hedge or border. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Erect |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 9 (20 to 30 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 3 (-40 to -30 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Once established needs only occasional water. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Masses of single, cupped flowers in clusters
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Single pink flowers all season long. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Late winter or early spring |
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Attributes
Border Plant
Flowers for Cutting
Extended Bloom Season
Repeat Blooming
Compact Habit
Attractive Fruit
Extremely Hardy
Fall Flowering
Fragrant
Fruit-Bearing
Hedge Plant
Attracts Wildlife
Patio Container Plant
Security Plant
Showy Flowers
Summer Flowering |
Foliage
Wrinkled, bright green
| Foliage Shape | Elliptic |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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Plant Lore
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Plant History
This is a vigorous floribunda rose that was developed by Mrs. Walter D. Brownwell of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and introduced in 1941. They have produced numerous hybrids with strong influence from R. wichuriana. One parent is Dr. van Fleet, a rambler derived from R. wichuriana and Safrano. The other parent is Leuchtstern a little known tea rose hybrid. |
New Plant
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